Earthjustice

Earthjustice was founded in 1971 as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. In 1997, the group changed its name to Earthjustice to better reflect its purpose of acting as legal advocate for the environment.

Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm "dedicated to protecting magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment." The group focuses on enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations, coalitions, and communities.


 * President - Donnell Van Noppen

Targeted coal plant proposals

 * Dry Fork Station - Wyoming (active)
 * Glades - Florida (cancelled)

Earthjustice Board 2007/2008
Accessed September 2008:


 * Albert Andrews, Jr. - Principal, Gray, Plant, Mooty, And Bennett
 * Reginald K. Brack, Jr. - Chairman And Ceo, Time, Inc. (Retired)
 * Peter Carson - Principal, Bingham Mccutcheon Llp
 * David Cox - President And Ceo, Cowles Media Company (Retired)
 * Russell Daggatt - Investor/Consultant
 * Bruce Duthu - Professor Of Law & Program Director, Vermont Law School-Sun Yat-Sen University
 * Susan Fisher - Attorney (Retired)
 * Louise Gund - Philanthropist
 * David Klipstein - Executive Vice President & Ceo, Reaction Design
 * Martha Kongsgaard - Attorney And Philanthropist, Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation
 * Ed Lewis - Attorney And Non-Profit Consultant
 * Lisa Eggert Litvin - Attorney
 * George Martin - Attorney
 * Fred J. Meyer - Business Consultant/Cfo, Omnicom (Retired)
 * William A. Newsom - Associate Justice, California Court Of Appeals (Retired)
 * Dan Olincy - Attorney
 * Brad Parker - Businessman
 * William Pope - Owner, Mazama Country Inn, Nw Regional Director, Wilderness Land Trust
 * Marcia Riklis - New York, Ny
 * Dianne Stern - Freelance Writer
 * Elizabeth Sutherland Riney - Conservationist
 * Stephen M. Unfried - Conservationist, Investment Banker, Credit Suisse First Boston (Retired)
 * Doug Varley - Attorney
 * Marc Whitehead - Attorney

Group details
Locations: Headquarters in Oakland, CA; regional offices around the U.S. Group website: Earthjustice Contact: info [at] earthjustice.org

Related SourceWatch Articles

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 * Rick Taketa
 * Alice Thomas